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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Pressure Cooker Cake

I wanted to bake a cake for my hubby's birthday this year. Since I do not own an oven I was wondering how to go about making a cake. The advertisement for Pillsbury Homemade Cake played vaguely in my mind and I recalled that it involved a pressure cooker. The key to using a pressure cooker in baking is to omit placing water at the bottom.

The ingredients are pretty usual,however, the technique of cooking is not.

Method:Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder such that no lumps are seen. Beat the egg and set aside.Mix the sugar and butter into a fluffy mixture and add the beaten egg to this.Fold in the flour with the egg mixture. Add milk if the batter becomes too thick. Grease an aluminium tray and dust with flour. Pour the batter into this tray. Place the cooker plate [the one with holes] into the cooker, but do not add water. Heat the pressure cooker on high flame for 2 minutes.Place the tray with batter and close the cooker. Do not place vent. Lower the heat after 2 minutes and cook for 40 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before opening the lid.

I know 54 minutes is a really long time to bake a cake, especially when an oven could do it in under 5 minutes. But it was worth the effort for the cake turned out soft and really tasty.

That looks great!I've heard about baking using a pressure cooker, and I'm glad I saw you made this. I came across your site from the foodieblogroll and I'd love to guide our readers to your site if you won't mind.Just add your choice of foodista widget to this post and it's all set, Thanks!

read all ur blogs:)...shud say that u r doing a GRT job - 'cookblogging' :)...well i have an OTG at home n it takes an hour for me to bake a cake...but yes in a microwave its a 5 min job...have never tried in a cooker!...but looking at your pics, i guess it does come out well :D...HAPPY 'COOKBLOGGING' NANDU...

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